Dental Hygienist - Advanced Clinical

Summary Dental hygienists at this level are advanced-level practitioners in assigned areas. Higher-level duties consist of significant scope, complexity, and range of variety, and will be performed most of the hygienist's time. Serves as coordinator of the Dental Hygiene Student Program and provides hands-on clinical instruction to dental hygiene or dental assisting students during their clinic rotations, including all training required by the Sheridan College Dental Hygiene Program. Responsibilities Performs comprehensive medical assessments and appropriate adaptation techniques to provide safe and effective periodontal care in severely compromised patients. Dental screenings independently outside of the dental clinic at inpatient residential areas and adapt treatment based on findings of medically/mentally/physically compromised patients. Uses more advanced adjunctive, diagnostic tools and techniques for monitoring clinical disease processes. Designs customized adaptive aids based on...